SANDOVAL v. STATE

No. 90-KA-1334.

631 So.2d 159 (1994)

Francisco Garza SANDOVAL v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

January 20, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jimmy D. McGuire, McGuire & Cox, Gulfport, for appellant.

Michael C. Moore, Atty. Gen., Wayne Snuggs, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, Ellen Y. Dale, Ridgeland, for appellee.

En Banc.


DAN M. LEE, Presiding Justice, for the Court:

I.

Francisco Garza Sandoval appeals his Circuit Court of Harrison County conviction in absentia of the felony possession of marijuana with intent to distribute. We must decide if an accused felon waives his presence at trial by his failure to appear at the beginning and at any other stage of the trial within the meaning of Mississippi Code Annotated § 99-17-9 (1972).

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